Isn't it easier to work things out?

Some of you go through elaborate schemes to cheat on your spouse - and eventually get caught.

Some of you hit your spouse - and get hit back or arrested.

Some of you live in a sexless relationship - and plot for the day when the marriage ends.

And some of you argue, scream, and stomp around endlessly - and live a miserable life.

Then:

You hire an attorney.

You pay a lot of your hard earned money.

You live in hell for up to a year - or sometimes a lot longer.

Your life revolves around: spending money on your divorce, on daily fear, on daily hate, and on doing damage control with your children.


You have to ask yourself:

Wouldn't it be a whole lot easier - to apologize, to get counseling, to just work things out?


At The Divorce Center, we sincerely hope you do everything in your power to save your marriage. If that is not possible we hope you consider us as your attorney.

This is really funny

A new client hired us today after interviewing several attorneys. He told us about a particularly funny sales tactic by another attorney: the other unnamed attorney props his feet up on his desk and says to the potential client "I can get you anything you want - I am the best!" He then holds up one hand with five finger extended - to show how much of a retainer is needed.

Fortunately, us attorneys are not immune to funny stuff like this. We walked around the office for a week flashing each other the "five."

Even though this was a really funny story, I am disturbed a fellow member of the profession would use this tactic. This is not only against Bar rules, but damages the reputation of lawyers. As a group we are honest and very hard working. A few bad apples makes all of us look bad. If you are shopping for lawyers, I encourage you to look some more if you run into one of the "bad apples."

I'm back !

Happy new year to everyone! I survived a trip to Times Square to watch the ball drop. Of course my desk was full of fun things when I got back. Some people fought over visitation issues - right through the holidays.

My resolution for 2006:

This will not be the year I desensitize from my client's cause. I will try to remain aware at all times that most of my clients are going through a life changing experience.